Hair waver



May 2l, 194:0 1 v. BREGOU Er AL l .2,201,223

HAIR wAvER Filed Nov. 5, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet l Min- Lawa- May 2l, 1940. L. v. BREGOUl Er AL HAIR WAVER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov 5; 1936 May 2l, 1940.

L. V. BREGOU ET AL HAIR WAVER Filed Nov. 5, 1.956 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented May 21, 1940 PATENT oEEicE HAIR WAvER Louis V. BregomWorcester, Philip E. Berling, Auburn, Mass.; said Berling assigner to said Bregou, Worcester, Mass.

` Appneaaon November 5, 1936, serial No. 109,364.

1s claims.

This invention relates toa hand device for waving locks of hair. I

The principal objects of this invention are to provide a Waver having jaws which can be opened to receive` the hair by the reciprocation of a bar; to provide means for hol-ding the bar in a position for holding open the jaws of the Waver `while the wave of hair is secured by a wire;

to provide a magazine in the Waver for pieces of wire constituting an improved form of hairpin, which wires will pass into the hair about twice the width of the lock of hair and can then be bent over `by hand to hold the hair in position; to provide a feederbar therefor operated in a convenient manner; to provide a pusher rod located on the jaw opener rod and operated by hand to push one of the wires forward; to provide a magazine with a slot for receiving the .`Wires; to provide the feeder bar with means for feeding the wires around through a groove to a point from which they are to be pushed into and through the hair on the Waver jaws, said operation being circumferential; andto provide other features for the efficient operation of a 25" Waver, whereby the operation of sterilizing the hairpins, 'after they are manufactured, will be eliminated owingto the fact that they are never used a second time.

Other objects andadvantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is `to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a full-sized plan of the entire in- V.strunient With the jaws in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the main casing of the same separated from the other part of the casing;

Fig. 3 is an end View thereof;

Fig. 4 is a view of the left-hand pai't of the casing separated from the right-hand part;

Fig. 5 is a view of thevinterior parts of the device with the outer casing removed to show interior construction;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the feedervba'r;

Fig, '7 is a sectional view of the same on the line l-'I' of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is an end view of the collar;

Fig. 9 is a side view of the magazine with parts connected therewith; A

Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of the core shell and other internal parts;

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the jaw opener rod;

Fig. 12 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the magazine and connected parts at one end;

Fig. .13 is a sectional view of the jaws on the line Iii- I3 of Fig.` 12; i

Fig. 14 is a sectional view on the line l4--I4 of Fig. 12 showing the magazine empty;

Fig. 15 is a transverse sectional view of the wire magazine and associated parts showing the Wires in the magazine;

Fig. 16 is a longitudinal central sectional view f the magazine showing the feeder bar and pusher collar and intermediate parts;

Fig. 17 is a longitudinal `central sectional view ofthe partsbetween they pusher and the opposite end of the jaw opener rod;

Fig. 18 is a sectional view on the line I 8-I8 of Fig. 17;

Fig. l19` is a sideview. of the outer casing of the .magazine ,withv most of the parts shown in section and the jaws. open;

Fig 20 is a View similar to the left-hand end of 'Fig 19, showing the jaws open and covered with a lock of hair; r

Fig. 21 is a View similar to Fig. 19 with the jaws closed;

Fig. 22 is a view of the end of the device with the jaws closed and the hairpin also closed over the hair, and

Fig. 23 is a of jaws.

This is'a type ofvhair-curling device in which the instrument involves a pair `of cylinders l0 and Il which are connected together and which constitute the handleof the device and the means for supporting the jaws and operating devices insidethis double cylinder. f

The cylinder II is provided with a circumferential slot I2 through which extends the neck of a screw-head I3 into a collar I4 inside the cylinder.V Thus the collar can be turned on its axis, guided by the slot I2. To this collar I4 is fixed a feeder bar I by a screw and to the end of the feeder bar is xed a collar I6.

The collars I4 and I6 are concentric and secured together by the feeder bar I5. This construction is turned by the `head I3in the slot I2. On the back of the collar I4 is a hollow collar I? fixed to a sleeve or core shelly I 8fby a screw I9. This collar Il is provided with a coil spring 2i) inside fixed to the end of the collar I1 atone end and to the collar I4 at the other. In this way the feeder bar I5, which is supported betweeirthe two collars i4 and I6, can be turned around on a magazine 2l and this action resisted by the spring 2U. The annular magazine 2I is provided to hold on the outside thereof longitudinal wires 22 which are to be fed forward around the magazine to be used as hairpins. It has a curved external slot 23 for receiving such wires, circumferential at its inlet side and extending spirally toward the center at its outlet. The feeder bar I5 is in this cylinder II and constitutes a wire pusher, and is moved circumferentially in the cylinder to feed the wires ahead of it sideways.

Projecting radially through a longitudinal slot 24 in the end of the casing IIJ is a head 25, having a neck inside the cylinder by which it is connected with a pusher collar 26 inside the casing. It will b-e seen that this head can be moved longitudinally the length of the slot 24, which acts as its guide. longitudinally out of the magazine.

A jaw opener rod 33 is provided having a slot 21 from which slot projects a radial end 28 of a longitudinal pusher rod 29, which is seated in the slot ISb extending under the shell IB. The moving of the head 25 also moves with it positively the pusher rod 29 in the slot 2 intoy the inner end of the magazine where a wire is located, as shown in Figs. 14 and` 15. A spring 33 is located between a collar 34, fixed to the sleeve o-r core shell I8, and a collar 35 which is slidable on the sleeve I8 through a slot and pin 6. The pusher rod 23 at its left end engages the end of one wire located at the end of its magazine and pushes it out, as shown in Figs. 17 and 22.

The magazine is shown as having an external surface of nearly a circle and a spiral, the spiral coming inwardly toward the center and. terminating at the point at which the rod 29 is located on the side of the sleeve or core shell. This configuration just described is in the solid magazine. The feeder bar I5 is turned from one position on lthe cylindrical part of the magazine to another by oscillation with its two rings. The magazine is lled with wires through a slot 23, as stated. They are fed sidewise and used only once.

The jaw opener rod 3l) is provided at its lefthand end with a conical recess 36, as stated. At the extreme end of the waving implement is a pivot pin 38 on which are pivo-ted two levers, each lever being made, up of a handle and a jaw. The jaws project from the end of the main implement because the pin 38 is pivoted in the xed 'sleeve I8. The jaws 38 are forced apart to form the wave and are brought together to allow the tool to be withdrawn from the wave.

When the rod 30 is pushed up to the position as shown in Fig. 19, the ends of the handles of the waving iron will be pushed inwardly by the conical recess 36, and the iron will be open. When this rod 30 is moved back these jaws will be released and the spring 4| will close the jaws,y

as shown in Fig. 12.

At one end of the collar I'I there is a radial plunger 42 adapted to pass into a perforation 43 in the core shell I8 and into a recess 44 in` the jaw opener rod 30 to stop the rod and prevent its moving at the time in either direction. This plunger is forced inwardly by a spring. 'I'he plunger is provided with a cam. surface 45 which ls slanted at the botto-m. When the rod 30 is. moved to the position shown in Fig. 19 in full lines to hold the jaws open, the recess 44 will register with the plunger 42 and the spring will force the plunger into the recess which will hold the two longitudinally movable parts against further longitudinal motion. This will also hold the jaws 39 open. A cam 46 is adapted to move This results in moving a wire 22v under the bottom oi this cam surface 45 to move the plunger outwardly against the force of its spring. The cam 4E is mounted on the pusher collar 26. Therefore, this pusher collar unlocks the jaw opener rod and allows the rod to be withdrawn to the position shown in Fig. 12 and the jaws 38 to close. The motion pushing in the cam 46 pushes the wire out of the magazine and into a lock of hair on the jaws 39 of the waving implement.

It will be seen` by reference to the last sheet of drawings that the rod 30 is moved forward so as to close the handle ends of the iron, as shown in Fig. 19. `Then the hair is placed in position over the jaws thereof and coiled around them, as shown in Fig. 20. The wire 22 is forced through, as shown in full lines in` Fig. 22, and then the wire is bent back by hand, as shown in dotted lines in that figure, to hold the wave of hair.

In operation, the implement is held in one hand by the casing II) and I i. The jaws are opened by the moving jaw opener rod 36. The conical recess 36 in the end of this rod engages the handle ends of the waving levers and opens the jaws on the pivot 3S. At this time, of course, the plunger 42 enters the recess 44 and holds the jaws open while the wave is being made. 'Ihe spring 4I resists this action and, when the jaw opener rod is drawn back at the end of the operation, closes the jaws. After they are open the operator moves the implement so that the jaws` are in the proper position on` the hair, places a nger of the other hand on the hair, and turns the whole device, by rotating the casing I Il-l I by hand on its own axis, so that the hair will be coiled up on. the jaws. The handle 25 is operated to push inwardly the rod 29 and move it along the groove 2l into the inner end of the magazine. This results in the pushing through the magazine of the bottom pin therein and moving it through the lock of hair, as shown in Fig. 22. This is a soft wire and is` bent back by hand, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 22, to act as a hairpin to hold the hair. The action of the collar 26 which moves the wire 22 also moves the cam 45 and pulls the plunger 42 out of the recess 44 and allows the spring 33 to move the collar 35 back toward the right hand and take with it the jaw opener rod Sil. This rod 3l) can move only until the pin E gets tothe end of the slot Ia in the sleeve I8. This releases the cold iron and causes the jaws 3S thereof to be closed. The jaws being closed, the cold iron can now be pulled out of the wave of hair and that wave left in the pin 22 until it is shaped by the usual drying process. Afterwards the pin is taken off and thrown away.

It is for this reason that the sterilization of the hairpins is not required, and therefore the expense of waving is very greatly reduced.

In Fig. 23 is' shown a cross section of a modied form of jaws 39a in which the wire 22 is guided inside the jaws. A guide 49 inside one of the jaws engages the wire 22 to hold it rmly in position inside and prevent any chance of its catching the hair. y

It will be seen that this is a simple implement for accomplishing its purposes and that it has provisions for enabling an operator to use it, even if having but comparatively little skill.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what we claim is:

l. As an article of manufacture, an implement for the purpose of waving hair which comprises agences a cylindrical casing, a pair of waving irons pivoted at one end of the casing and projecting therefrom, a rod located in the casing and projecting from the other end to constitute an operating handle, and means whereby the pushing in of the rod will engage the waving iron to open it.

2. As an article of manufacture, an implement for the purpose of waving hair which comprises two cylindrical casings connected together end. to end, a pair of waving irons pivoted at one end of the double casing and projecting therefrom, a jaw opener rod located in the casings and projecting from the other end to constitute an ope erating handle, and means whereby the pushing in of the rod will engage the waving iron to open it.

, 3. As an article of manufacture, a hair waiving implement comprising a casing, a waving iron comprising two jaws pivoted together at one end of the casing and extending backwardly in the casing, a reciprocable central jaw opening rod in the casing having means adapted to engage the handle ends of the waving iron in the casing and open the jaws when the rod is pushed in, and means for closing the jaws when the rod is moved backwardly.

`4. As an article of manufacture, a hair waving implement comprising a casing, a waving iron comprising jaws pivoted together atione end of the casing and having handle ends extending backwardly in the casing, a reciprocable central jaw opening rod in the casing having a substantially conical recess in the end adapted to engage the handle ends of the waving iron, and open the jaws when the rod is pushed in, and a spring for opening the handle ends and closing the jaws when the rod is moved backwardly.

5. A hair waving implement comprising a casing for supporting all the parts thereof and for use in handling the implement, a pivoted doublejawed waving iron at one end with the jaws projecting from that end and the handles projecting inwardly and centrally, a rod in the casing projecting outwardly therefrom at the opposite end to constitute a handle and having means at the opposite end for engaging the handles of the waving iron and opening its jaws when it is pushed inwardly, and means for locking the rod in the position in which the iron is opened in order to hold the hair on the iron.

6. A hair waving implement comprising a casing for supporting all the parts thereof and for use in handling the implement, a pivoted doublejawed waving iron at one end with the jaws projecting from that end and the handles projecting inwardly, a rod in the casing projecting outwardly therefrom at the opposite end to constitute a handle and having means at the inner end for engaging the handles oi the waving iron and opening the jaws when it is pushed inwardly, means for holding the rod in the position in which the iron is opened, and means for releasing said locking device, whereby the jaws will close so that the hair can be taken off the jaws.

7 In an implement of the class described, the combination of a casing for holding all the parts, a waving iron having jaws projecting outwardly from one end of the casing and handles projecting inwardly, a rod projecting from the other end of the casing and having a conical recess in the end toward the iron for engaging the ends of the handles of the jaws to open the jaws, means for locking the rod in its opening position, said rod having a groove along one side, a wire pusher movable along said groove, and a magazine in which wires for use on the hair are adapted and a handle for all the parts, a waving device l arranged for its jaws to project from one end of the casing, having the handles projecting Yinwardly, a rod in the casing, means in the edof the rod for forcing toward each other the handles of the device when the rodis pushed in 'to open the device, said rod having agroove along one side, a wire pusher located in and movablealong said groove, means for moving the pusher'longitudinally in said groove, and a magazine in which wires for use on the hair are adapted to be `1o-l cated, the end of said magazine registering with the end of said groove, whereby the pusher rod can be moved to push the endwire in the maga-` zine along the implement and out along the jaws,4

the wire being adapted to be bent upon itself .to

Y hold the hair.

9. In an implement of the class described, the combination of a magazine having a transverse form comprising a large part cfa circle and a spiral extending therefrom inwardly, a sleeve in the center of the implement having a longitudinal groove on one side constituting the end of said magazine, said magazine being adapted to receive a plurality of wires located longitudinally, and a pusher in the groove and in registration with the end wire and adapted to push that wire out of the magazine and into a position to be engaged by the hair.

10. In an implement of the class described, the combination of a magazine, a sleeve in the center of the implement having alongitudinal groove on one side registering with said magazine, said magazine being adapted to receive a plurality of wires located longitudinally, and a pusher in said groove in registration with the end wire and adapted to push that wire out of the magazine.

l1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a magazine for receiving parallel wires having an arcuate shape with the end of it extending inwardly, a central sleeve having a groove registeringwith the end of said magazine, a feeder bar in the magazine adapted to be oscillated therein in one direction to push the wires toward said end, a collar surrounding said sleeve, and a pusher in said groove connected with said collar, said collar having a handle for pushing the pusher in the groove and thereby pushing the end wire from the magazine through the end of the device and ythrough a lock of hair located in position for waving.

12. In a device of the character described, the combination of a magazine for receiving parallel wires having an arcuate shape with the end of it extending inwardly, a centralsleeve having a groove on one side, a feeder bar in the magazine adapted to be oscillated therein in one direction to push the wires toward said end, a pusher wire in said groove and registering with the end wire in the magazine, and a collar surrounding said sleeve, said collar having a handle for moving the pusher in the groove.

13. As an artic-le of manufacture, an implement comprising a bifurcated cold iron for the' purpose of shaping up hair upon it, and a movable operating rod having means at its end for opening said iron when the rod is moved toward the iron.

14. As an .article of manufacture, an implement vfor the purpose of shaping hair, which comprises a pair of cold irons pivoted at one end ofthe implement and having handles projecting into the implement, and an operating rod having means at the inner end thereof for engaging the handles of the iron and opening it.

l5. An implement for shaping hair, comprising a pair of pivoted hair-shaping irons, a reciprocable element constituting an operating handle having means at the end for engaging the irons and turning them on their pivot to open them when it is moved inwardly, means for locking said element in the position in which the irons are open, andmeans for releasing the locking device.

16 In an implement for shaping hair, the combination of a pair of irons for shaping hair having jaws and handles, an operating handle movable longitudinally and having means for forcing together the handles of the iron and opening the jaws to put them in a position for operation, and a spring for closing the jaws when the handle is moved backwardly.

17. In an implement for shaping hair, the combination of an iron consistingy of two parts pivoted together, an operating rod movable longitudinally, said rod having a groove along one side, a wire pusher movable along said groove, and a transverse magazine in which wires for use on the hair are adapted to be located, the end of said magazine being located at the end y of said groove.

of said magazine being located near said groove,

whereby the pusher rod can be moved to push the end wire in the magazine along the imple ment and out along the jaws, the wire being adapted to be bent yupon itself to hold the hair during the process of drying.

LOUISy V. BREGOU. PHILIP E. BERLING. 

